The master plan for Listvyanka, awaited for three years, has finally been adopted. It considered 89 amendments from residents and deputies, but the most controversial proposals were left out. The expansion of the Baikal waterfront and narrow streets was rejected because locals opposed demolishing homes and taking part of their land. The new plan focuses on developing Krestovaya Pad, where land has been reserved for a new residential district, a school, kindergartens, and a hospital.

The development master plan for Listvyanka was adopted on March 30 of this year at a meeting of the village council; this event had been awaited for three years. As reported on April 7 by the head of the municipality, Galina Bichevina, 89 amendments to the draft master plan were considered, which had previously been submitted by the public and members of the council. Most of the controversial proposals concerning the relocation of residents from the embankment along Lake Baikal to Krestovaya Pad, and the widening of roads, were not supported by the population and were not included in the master plan.
The village head said that in the new master plan, deputies abandoned the idea of expanding the embankment along Lake Baikal, since residents actively opposed it. Earlier, proposals had been made to demolish part of the residential buildings located on the first line of the embankment. There was also a proposal to widen the shoreline by filling in 20–30 meters of Lake Baikal. “The arrangement of a spacious embankment with bike lanes and a recreation area was not supported by the people,” Galina Bichevina said. At the request of local residents, they also had to abandon the widening of Listvyanka’s narrow streets. “People did not want to sacrifice part of their private property,” the village head noted. The previously developed master plan project provided for the construction of auxiliary roads over several streams flowing into Lake Baikal (apparently, they had intended to channel them into pipes), and instead of the Vampilov monument at the entrance to the village — a café.
The document places emphasis on the development of Krestovaya Pad, where a new residential district is planned to be built. “In this area, we have reserved land for the construction of an educational institution, where we plan to relocate two of our kindergartens; they are currently located in barracks-type buildings. We have also reserved a site for the construction of a hospital,” Galina Bichevina said. The text of the master plan states that a recreation area will be arranged along the shore of Lake Baikal, and an embankment will be built along Gorky Street.